Brian Broome
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May), a debut memoir about Blackness, masculinity, and addiction, following one man’s journey from the violence and alienation he experienced as a child in small-town Ohio, the racism and homophobia that followed him into adulthood, and the unexpected moments of hope and tenderness along the way. Danielle Chiotti. Rakia Clark. “I am standing at a bus stop in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, on the Black end of town. It’s a hot but overcast summer day. To my left is a young man mesmerized by
